# Aquatic Earth-Freshwater Biome — One Book - 5 Reading Levels

> One Book - 5 Reading Levels (iPhone/iPad app by Mobile Education Store LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aquatic-earth/id1145649507 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Mobile Education Store LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/344378744)
- Category: Education, Books
- Price: $7.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 11.0 · 1.1 GB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2016-09-09
- Data updated: 2026-01-07
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aquatic-earth/id1145649507/reviews.md

## What is Aquatic Earth?

***** Educators Choice Award - SIIA Innovation Competition
***** Flawlessly Designed - Children's Book Review
***** 2014 Kapi Award - Honorable Mention
***** Amazing! - Common Sense Media
***** Editors Choice Award - Children's Technology Review
***** A Masterpiece - Teachers with Apps
***** Near Perfection - Mobile iEducator

Aquatic Earth is a state of the art, elementary science book based on the freshwater biome.  Developed in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin's Department of Freshwater Studies and a team of educators, Aquatic Earth includes both interactive enhancements and universal design accessibility features. 

Aquatic Earth is part of our Crack the Books series of interactive non-fiction books.  Crack the Books are the first digital books that can be ADJUSTED FOR READING LEVEL without sacrificing content. Aquatic Earth allows for reading level adjustment from 1st  grade to 8th grade, making it possible for all kids to access the same content regardless of their reading ability. 

Designed with the goal of improving reading comprehension, fostering a love of learning, and building reading confidence, Aquatic Earth gives educators a powerful new teaching tool to help all kids, from children with special needs to those who are academically gifted. 

Aquatic Earth covers all major freshwater ecosystems including lakes, rivers and streams, range and climate of freshwater biomes, plant and animal wildlife, adaptations, threats and freshwater sustainability. 

Designed to foster comprehension and student engagement, Crack the Books textbooks feature hundreds of supportive audio and visual elements including beautiful high definition photographs, integrated video footage, fun facts, custom animations, custom images, and interactive charts, tables and globes. There are comprehension supports built into the text, with pop up definitions for associated new vocabulary.  Students may further interact with the content by creating bookmarks, highlights and study notes.

For students with special needs, there are additional settings for common classroom and assessment accommodations including text to speech, answer dictation, image reinforcement and text zooming. 

Features:
Lexile certified reading levels from 1st to 8th grade
Visual supports for comprehension
Over 300 high-resolution images
Videos and custom animations
Interactive globes and maps
Built in vocabulary definitions
Interactive glossary with record feature
25 leveled chapter tests across 5 chapters
Custom tests
Built in test grading
Text to speech
Integrated voice over features
Text zoom
Bookmarks for multiple readers

Requires iOS11 and above


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 3.0.0 — 2024-01-19

Updates for iOS17.2 compliance.

### 2.0.1 — 2020-03-29

iOS 13 Compatibility Fixes

### 1.0.2 — 2016-08-26

Added support for new book titles

### 1.0.1 — 2016-08-23

No release notes.

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